Runcrate logo Runcrate vs Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

What's good about each

  • Per-second GPU billing with no minimum commitment
  • Eight global regions across North America, Europe, and Asia
  • Full root access with SSH, Docker, and custom images
  • OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source models
  • RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100, 1 to 8 GPUs
  • Per-minute billing, charged only while an instance runs
  • One-click VS Code and Cursor connections
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
  • 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service Runcrate Thunder Compute Difference
Block storage -- Not listed $21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included
Egress -- Not listed Free and unlimited

Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

GPUs

Runcrate offers 16 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU Runcrate Thunder Compute Difference
Nvidia logo H100 1 config · 4 configs $3.55 /GPU/hr On-demand $3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out 10% cheaper on Thunder Compute
Nvidia logo A100 2 configs · 4 configs $1.76 /GPU/hr On-demand $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand 38% cheaper on Thunder Compute
Nvidia logo RTX A6000 1 config · 1 config $1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out 75% cheaper on Thunder Compute
Nvidia logo L40 1 config · 4 configs $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand 31% cheaper on Thunder Compute
Nvidia logo RTX PRO 6000 1 config $2.85 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Runcrate only
Nvidia logo H200 1 config $4.24 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Runcrate only
Nvidia logo RTX 5090 1 config $0.85 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Runcrate only
Nvidia logo L40S 1 config $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Runcrate only
Nvidia logo RTX 6000 Ada 1 config $1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Runcrate only
Nvidia logo L4 1 config $1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand -- Runcrate only

Runcrate bills on-demand; Thunder Compute bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service Runcrate Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework Runcrate Thunder Compute
GDPR -- Yes

Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.

Company details

Fact Runcrate Thunder Compute
Founded 2024 2024
Headquarters USA USA
Locations -- 1
Example customers -- Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health
Website www.runcrate.ai www.thundercompute.com

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Our data for Runcrate was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Oct. 1, 2026.